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Donna Vorreyer
@djvorreyer.bsky.social
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Poet, artist, music lover. (She/her)
Order Unrivered ! https://tinyurl.com/4pj96v59

Unrivered, To Everything There Is, Every Love Story is an Apocalypse Story, & A House of Many Windows all at @sundresspub.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/djvorreyer
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hphseries.bsky.social
@darrencdemaree.bsky.social is a prolific and interesting poet. His new book, a selected poems collection from @smallharborpub.bsky.social, is a perfect example of his range, both topical and stylistic. Come hear some poems & a short conversation this Monday! Register at the link below!
djvorreyer.bsky.social Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · 2d
Next Monday evening, when the holiday is done and you need something quiet, come listen to @darrencdemaree.bsky.social and I chat as he reads from his new selected poems Now Flourish Northern Cardinal and shares some insights.

Register here:
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November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
djvorreyer.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:

Chinstrap penguin
Leopard seal
Blue footed booby
Cheetah
Giraffe
majda.bsky.social Majda Gama @majda.bsky.social · 6h
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Oryx
Gazelle
Pine Marten
Flying squirrel
Hoopoe
rivkafidel.bsky.social Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 6h
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Harpy eagle
Sloth
Gila monster
Coyote
Road runner
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Thank you, @mitchnobis.bsky.social! I am currently creaking after a run yesterday...we all have our own music.
mitchnobis.bsky.social Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 11h
I finished @djvorreyer.bsky.social's Unrivered this morning in this nice spot in So. Pennsylvania. An amazing book that captures so much of the beauty and loss of aging.

The 10th sonnet, pictured here, also happens to capture the current state of my attempts at continuing to play basketball.
A small reading room at my brother-in-law's place. It's lightly snowing outside through the window. Kind of perfect, really! Cover of Unrivered, a poetry collection by Donna Vorreyer The poem on page 59 of the book. X. Compared to others, I have lived favored by the fortune of these years— not unscathed, just plagued by minor woes. I once heard the lonely night roar of a lion, bathed in the rumble and gut of it, once saw the sun setting over an ancient city as I hiked the old ways in. Such awe should not be neglected. Sorry merchant of sob stories, I make mountains from sand and molehills. When I creak, I should celebrate the music my body makes, its own bland melody. Like a trout circling bait, I try to choose: is joy a risk to take? Blessed by breath, I must flex or I will break.
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
djvorreyer.bsky.social
I dutifully ran and walked 4 miles this morning so I could eat a vat of mashed potatoes this afternoon. The day may commence.
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
djvorreyer.bsky.social
Next Monday evening, when the holiday is done and you need something quiet, come listen to @darrencdemaree.bsky.social and I chat as he reads from his new selected poems Now Flourish Northern Cardinal and shares some insights.

Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Looking forward to this virtual reading with @hphseries.bsky.social on December 11th! Registration link is in their bio - join us! 🍯
A graphic with a yellow background, a black and white photo of Erin Dorney, a woman with straight hair and glasses, and the cover of her book of poetry which has three stacked rocks on it. A graphic featuring 6 photographs of writers who are reading at the December 11th event.
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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asteralesjournal.bsky.social
The absurdity of waiting and the relief of knowing come together in this poem by @sarahmillswrites.bsky.social
asteralesjournal.com/1-4-mills-biggs
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Emma Windsor Wood- Preferred Internal Landscape from @ornithopterpress.bsky.social
riverriverbooks.bsky.social River River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social · 3d
Repost with the last book you enjoyed, and we’ll enter you in a drawing for one of our new fall poetry titles! 🍂📚💙

We are thankful for our readers ❤️

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Cover of FIELD NOTES, design by Alban Fischer Cover photograph of field landscape and lake in distance and mountains by author E.G. CUNNINGHAM POEMS "This field transforms looking to wanting.” RIVERRIVERBOOKS.ORG Cover of encounters for the living in the dead, designed by Alban Fischer Cover beaches at Dutch still life with lemons and grapes and oysters ENCOUNTERS FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD POEMS JAMEELA F. DALLIS "I have become siren, a hallowed hollow singing thing-" RIVERRIVERBOOKS.ORG
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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hphseries.bsky.social
6 readers means lots of intros! Our first three readers are @rebeccaslehmann.bsky.social & @magpiedays.bsky.social, both of whom I met at NOLA Poetry Festival this year, & @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social, online poetry pal for years who I will finally meet IRL at AWP!

Register at link in bio!
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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New from Jared Beloff: "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," a gorgeous, haunting poem.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/jared-beloff/

#poem #poetry #poet #water #coast #swimming
One Poem by Jared Beloff - Terrain.org
New from Jared Beloff: “Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus,” a gorgeous, haunting poem.
www.terrain.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social
I couldn't be more excited for this new project! Help us spread the word, and I hope you send something our way!
swiftslitmag.bsky.social s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 3d
We are officially open to submissions for Issue 1 to be published in early 2026! Send us some work to consider!
An image of the about page for a new literary magazine, simple black text on white background with a line-drawn swift (bird) at the top: s w i f t s is a literary magazine edited by Jeremy Michael Reed. You may submit up to five pieces of creative work regardless of genre. Like our namesake, the journal prioritizes pieces that are adept in multiple ways at the same time: speed and strength, quick movements and longevity of flight, drag and thrust. We welcome simultaneous submissions, but please notify us when your work is accepted by another publisher. If you are submitting translations, please include the original language version and proof that you have permission to translate the work. If you are incorporating work you did not create yourself into your piece, please acknowledge it in your cover letter and provide any proof of permission if necessary. Rights revert back to the author after publication, though we do ask for an acknowledgment when the work later appears elsewhere and we maintain non-exclusive anthology rights in case we publish a print anthology in the future. We nominate for Best of the Net, Pushcart Prizes, Best American anthologies, The O’Henry Prize, Best Literary Translations, Best Microfictions, and other awards as applicable. If there’s a place we should be nominating work we aren’t already, please let us know. To contact the editors or submit your writing, please email swiftslitmag@gmail.com. We look forward to reading your work.
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
djvorreyer.bsky.social
I am almost 64 and if you know me, I rarely dance in public but come on, who can resist this song by Cut Copy? Worth staying up late for.
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Excited to have this piece in the @womanmade.bsky.social member show! I have LOTS of small pieces looking for homes other than my closet, so if you're looking for art this holiday season, you can see some pieces at my website (in bio) & I have more as well!

womanmade.org/artwork/donn...
Donna Vorreyer – Woman Made Gallery
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November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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asteralesjournal.bsky.social
Put on your Doc Martens and take a hike with nostalgia and regret in this poem by @jillkitchen.bsky.social : asteralesjournal.com/1-4-kitchen-...
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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darrencdemaree.bsky.social
Join @djvorreyer.bsky.social and I on December 1st for a reading and conversation about Now Flourish Northern Cardinal (Small Harbor Publishing).
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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What a pleasure to read with these writers! Thank you having us.
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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tomsnarsky.bsky.social
T–2 hours! hope you can join us to celebrate 2 years of Night Light :) 💡
tomsnarsky.bsky.social Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 11d
this month marks TWO YEARS of Night Light readings, and I am excited to celebrate with this stunningly excellent lineup coming at you live this Thursday!

don’t miss this fantastic group of poets — sign up to listen in at the 🔗 below :) 💡
NIGHT LIGHT THURSDAY 11/20 9PM EASTERN ZOOM DONNA VORREYER J. L. MOULTRIE MAYA WEEKS THOMAS KNEELAND
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
djvorreyer.bsky.social
Just sharing this again...good discussion, examples from prose and poetry, some play, and loads of generative prompts to choose from. Still lots of spaces, so I'd love to see some of you there!
djvorreyer.bsky.social Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · Oct 11
I love to revise for sound... And I'm leading a mostly generative workshop about sound, encompassing rhythm, pace, and syntax, on Nov. 29 for @fahmidangroup.bsky.social. Check it out here! Sign up: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit/30888...
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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This beautiful and poignant flash today at Milk Candy. Congrats, @mattkendrick.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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This is tonight! Make sure to register for the link and we'll see you in the Zoom box!
djvorreyer.bsky.social Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · 11d
Excited to be reading with these fine folks for Night Light on Thursday evening. 9 PME/8 PMC. Thanks, @tomsnarsky.bsky.social!

You can register for the Zoom link here:
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NIGHT LIGHT - Thursday 11/20 9 PM Eastern Zoom Donna Vorreyer, J.L. Moultrie, Maya Weeks, Thomas Kneeland
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Congrats to @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social on her well -deserved National Book Award for The Intentions of Thunder. Long live the Queen!
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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asteralesjournal.bsky.social
We were captured by this dizzy flash piece by @willmusgrove.bsky.social

Take a spin here: asteralesjournal.com/1-4-musgrove...
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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I haven't written anything in weeks, but today I accomplished a draft. It's not working yet, but it features inside-out underwear, a limping coyote, and a car making noises, so I feel like it's following some of @toddedillard.bsky.social 's poem instructions...
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Excited to be reading with these fine folks for Night Light on Thursday evening. 9 PME/8 PMC. Thanks, @tomsnarsky.bsky.social!

You can register for the Zoom link here:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
NIGHT LIGHT - Thursday 11/20 9 PM Eastern Zoom Donna Vorreyer, J.L. Moultrie, Maya Weeks, Thomas Kneeland
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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asteralesjournal.bsky.social
Hey, friends! Remember that Subs are Open for all categories (poetry, fiction, CNF, art) until December 15.

Send us your beauties, your weirdos, your ships in a bottle, your mother's teapots, the trees outside your bedroom windows, your favorite striped sweaters. You know the drill.
Subs are open 11/1 - 12/15 Poetry 1-3 poems Prose - 1 piece up to 7500 words (Flash also welcome) Art - 3-5 images at 300 dpi Guidelines at http://asteralesjournal.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM